Best Video Editing · FREE
Best free Video Editing (2026)
7 video editing that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: CapCut at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: CapCut, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Descript, Kapwing, Microsoft Clipchamp, Riverside, Camtasia (TechSmith).
- Data current through: 2026-09-10.
Comparison
| # | Video Editing | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CapCut | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Short-form and social creators working mainly on mobile | capcut.com |
| 2 | DaVinci Resolve Studio | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Colorists and color-grading-focused post-production workflows | blackmagicdesign.com |
| 3 | Descript | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Podcasters and video content creators who edit by transcript | descript.com |
| 4 | Kapwing | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Social and marketing teams editing short-form video in the browser | kapwing.com |
| 5 | Microsoft Clipchamp | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Microsoft 365 households and small businesses who effectively get the editor for free | clipchamp.com |
| 6 | Riverside | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Podcasters and interview shows needing broadcast-grade remote recording | riverside.com |
| 7 | Camtasia (TechSmith) | — | Yes | — | — | Learning-and-development and internal training teams producing how-to video | techsmith.com |